Curtain-fixture.



H. KIEFER. CURTAIN FIXTURE.

APPLIUATION FILED NOV.1'7, 1910.

Patented Feb.20,1912;

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Patented Feb. 20, 1912.

H. KIEFER. CURTAIN FIXTURE. APPLIGATION FILED NOV. 17, 1910.

H. KIEFER.

CURTAIN FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.17, 1910.

Patented Feb. 20, 1912.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CURTAIN-FIXTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 20, 1912.

Application filed November 17, 1910. Serial No. 592,779.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, HENRY KIEFER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCurtain-Fixtures, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in curtain fixtures, the object ofthe invention being to provide improved supports for ourtains at windowsand doors, which will permit of any number of curtains such as shades,lace curtains, and portieres being supported from the same fixtures, andwhich fixtures provide mounting for cords to permit the manipulation ofthe curtains.

A further object is to provide improved curtain fixtures which will 'besimple and inexpensive in construction, neat and attractive inappearance, and strong and durable in use.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction and combinations and arrangements ofparts, as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out inthe claim.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1, is a perspective viewillustrating my improvements. Fig. 2, isa view in side elevation of oneof the fixtures. Fig. 3, is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 4, is abottom plan view of the same. Figs. 5, 6, 7 and 8, are detailperspective views of the several parts of the brackets illustrated inFigs. 2,

' 3, and 4. Figs. 9, 10, and 11 are views slmilar to Figs. 2,. 3, and 4,but of the other fixture, and Figs. 12, 13, 14, and 15, are detailperspective views of the brackets shown in Figs. 9, 10, and 11.

1, represents an ordinary window frame and 2, 2, are my improvedfixtures which are located at the upper ends of the frame 1.

Each of these fixtures comprises an outwardly projecting bar 3 which isfixed to or integral with base plates 4, secured against the frame 1 byscrews 5. At the free ends of these bars 3, upwardly projecting integraltongues 6' are located to receive screw eyes 7 on curtain poles 8, thelatter adapted to supportportieres or other heavy draperies 9. Theseportieres may 'of course, be supported in various ways, but are shownheld back by ornamental cords 10. The brackets 11, 12, and 13, 14, onthese fixtures 2 are difierently constructed and will be hereinafterseparately described, the exact arrangement of these brackets may ofcourse be varied to suit conditions, the arrange: ment shown beingmerely one preferable form.

Referring to the left hand fixture as shown in detail in Figs. 2, 3, 4,5, 6, 7, and 8, upon which brackets 11 and 12 are mounted, thesebrackets are both composed of sheet metal strips. Bracket 11 is stampedfrom a sheet metal blank into a frame 15 shown in detail in Fig. 7,having inwardly bent tongues 16 stamped from the metal and forming abridge registering with openings 17 in the sides of the bracket throughwhich the bar 3 is passed. The upper portion of this bracket is madewith a screw-threaded opening 18 to'accommodate a screw eye 19 to clampthe bracket on the bar and on the lower free ends of the bracket ajournal pin 20 is mounted, and supports pulleys 21 separated by apartition 22. Bracket 12 comprises two U-shaped members 23 and 24,

'member 24 being provided with openings 25 to receive a bar 3, and alsoto receive a cross bar 26. The member 23 is also positioned in theopenings 25 of member 24, and is provided with a central screwthreadedopening 26 for the reception of a screw eye 27 to clamp the bracket onthe bar. In the lower member 24 a horizontally disposed pulley 28 ismounted for a purpose which will hereinafter appear. The bracket 13 onthe right hand fixture comprises two members 29 and 30. Member 29 is ofinverted U-shape with openings 31 to receive the bar 3. Member 30 whichis also positioned through the openings 31 is located againstzthe upperface of member 29, and said members 29 and 30 are provided withscrew-threaded openings 32.to receive a screw eye 33 to clamp thebracket in place. The ends of member 30 are bent forming eyes 34 which,together with the screw eye 33, provide three eyes in a row on thebracket. The bracket 14 comprisesa single piece of sheet metal bent intogeneral rectangular form as shown in Fig. 14, having an upwardlyprojecting tongue 35 and provided with registering openings 36 toreceive bar 3. Between bar 3 and the bottom 37 of the bracket 14, a bar38 is located, and a screw eye 39 is projected through openings in thebracket 14, and in the bar 38 and against the bar 3 to tightly clamp thebracket in place. On this screw eye 39 a horizontally positioned pulley40 is located, and between the downwardly projecting members of bracket13, vertically positioned parallel p'ulleystl are mounted.

42 represents rods which are adapted to connect the several tongues andeyes of the several brackets, and be variously positioned, as each oneof these rods is provided at one end with an eye adapted to engage overany of the tongues of the several brackets, and the other ends of saidrods are adapted to be positioned in the eyes of the brackets, hencethese rods may be reversed as desired. On these rods 42, lace curtainsL3, and a shade M, are mounted. These curtains and shades are operatedby suitable draw strings or cords 45 passed over the several pulleys ofthe brackets in the desired manner to bring about the desired results bythe manipulation of these cords.

By means of fixtures such as above set forth, together with the bracketsthereon, I am enabled to support the shade, the lace curtains, and theheavy draperies or por' tieres in compact assemblage, so that they maybe each independently operated so as to arrange the shade, curtains, andportieres in any desired manner at the Window or door.

Various slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangementof parts described Without departing from my invention, and hence I donot limit myself to the precise details set forth, but consider myselfat liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall Withinthe spirit and scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

A device of the class described, consisting of a pair of brackets eachcomprising a horizontal bar and means for securing the same to a door orwindow frame, a slide mounted upon each of said bars, each of saidslides comprising a U-shaped member having its parallel sides aperturedto receive the bar and a second member resting on said bar and extendingthrough said apertures, the ends of the last said members upon one slidebeing bent vertically upwardly and those upon the other being curvedupwardly and inwardly forming eyes, rollers mounted in the lower portionof said U-shaped members, thumb screws extending through the last saidmembers of said slides and impinging against said bars, and rodsprovided with eyes at one end to engage the said vertical upturned endsand the other ends of said rods adapted to extend through said eyes onthe other slide, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

HENRY KIEFER.

Witnesses:

S. W. FOSTER, C. E. Po'rrs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

' Washington, D. 0.

